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1/3 One reason I’m disturbed by the trend for education research to be conducted by economists is that the kind of psychology in which mainstream economics is rooted — indeed, that it takes on faith — is a rusty Skinnerian behaviorism that most psychologists outgrew long ago.— Alfie Kohn (@alfiekohn) December 1, 2022

2/3 Not only do economists have trouble imagining any solutions other than manipulation with extrinsic inducements, they inevitably take an aerial view of schooling, looking mostly at standardized test scores in huge data sets to determine whether a given intervention “worked.”— Alfie Kohn (@alfiekohn) December 1, 2022

3/3 Moreover, economists, along with politicians and corporate executives, tend to see the purpose of education in monetary terms; it’s valued primarily for what it contributes to the GDP, with children conceptualized as future workers and schooling framed as an “investment.”— Alfie Kohn (@alfiekohn) December 1, 2022

And one more time.Confronting Ableism on the Way to JusticeTo build a society that advances the human rights of all people requires the social justice movement to be intentional in including intersecting identities and diverse equity struggles.https://t.co/ykgIRrzP8U— Leroy Moore (@kriphopnation) November 30, 2022

I consider to write more on What is Black Disabled Resistance and Creativity compare to suffering and what the state view Black disabled people and our ancestors.https://t.co/kdH19pX6Vl— Leroy Moore (@kriphopnation) December 1, 2022

And when I say mass disabling event, I don’t just mean long COVID. I also mean all the people with psych disabilities, esp PTSD, from the trauma of the pandemic (like front line workers) & everyone who have had medical care denied or delayed in an over-taxes hospital system.— Sami Schalk (@DrSamiSchalk) November 30, 2022

Remember when I said COVID would be a mass disabling event with the majority of Americans disabled and people were like “Stop using scare tactics! Stop exaggerating!” But here we are. I want us to prepare for disabled futures not fear them. https://t.co/5peWjBmA6v— Sami Schalk (@DrSamiSchalk) November 30, 2022

And when I say mass disabling event, I don’t just mean long COVID. I also mean all the people with psych disabilities, esp PTSD, from the trauma of the pandemic (like front line workers) & everyone who have had medical care denied or delayed in an over-taxes hospital system.— Sami Schalk (@DrSamiSchalk) November 30, 2022

I want to be explicitly clear. That this bill’s targeting people w/ mental illness is unacceptable. The data tells us this practice leads to rampant abuse and violence.Listen to people w/mental illness who are talking about what they’ve experienced—its torture not treatment. https://t.co/kZUTs5hXP3— Rebecca Cokley (@RebeccaCokley) November 30, 2022

Get Kinetic with Amyl and the Sniffers https://t.co/TjaehQHPtA— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) December 1, 2022

Words…Les mots…#autie #autism #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #autismawareness #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #webcomic #webcomicartist pic.twitter.com/iXB86LB8pA— Lily Spectrum (@LilySpectrum) November 22, 2022

Words…Les mots…#autie #autism #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #autismawareness #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #webcomic #webcomicartist pic.twitter.com/iXB86LB8pA— Lily Spectrum (@LilySpectrum) November 22, 2022

I've heard of these - its so lovely to explore love languages.— Lynn McCann - ReachoutASC (@ReachoutASC) November 30, 2022

This is incarceration without a crime.This is disappearing people because they are inconvenient.This is not consensual care. This is not housing on their terms. This is about disability justice, criminal justice, economic justice, and so much more. https://t.co/UlexYRQQtM— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) November 29, 2022

I was looking into the concept of 'penguin pebbling' and found this really cool post. An amazing read. https://t.co/kAOsTEduwB Thank you @stimpunks— lisa chapman (@CommonSenseSLT) November 30, 2022

"A Future with a Human Face and Dirt Behind its Ears": Reflections on a Solarpunk EducationDo we have the willingness to change the very nature of humanity's relationship to the planet? What role does education play in all of this? (@OurClimateNow)https://t.co/DxYD049iaT— Human Restoration Project (@HumResPro) November 30, 2022

It’s #GivingTuesday. Stimpunks Foundation helps neurodivergent and disabled people stay housed, fed, connected, and alive.Unlike most foundations, we support individuals directly, maximizing our impact in neurodivergent and disabled people’s lives.https://t.co/QKGWUvjszA— Stimpunks (@stimpunks) November 29, 2022

To put it politely - the data was a shit show. We had been worried that researchers might be influenced by social desirability & while it influenced it, people expressed similar views to the wider literature about autsitic people, & coding the data was brutal, slow & harrowing 8/— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

This is a form of objectification that rests on instrumentality. If we (autistic people) could be used as a means to an end we were considered valuable to society. If not, then its no real loss. This links with neurodiversity-lite where people focus on economic utility 16/— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

Researchers distanced themselves from less palatable sounding research goals by removing the autism from the individual. By talking about abstract autism, it seemed researchers could paint the goals as not affecting humans, and as more reasonable 18/— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

My research on ableism in autism research began during my @ESRC @SocSciScotland Postdoctoral fellowship @StirUni_Psych so thanks needs to go to their funding and the time it gave me to launch this line of enquiry. 26/— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

This also would not have been possible without funding from the @LeverhulmeTrust as my early career fellowship currently focuses on how knowledge in autism research is fragile and shaped by dehumanization, objectification and stigma! 27/27— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

Thank you for doing this. What a terrible task. Medicalization is the evolution of the freak show (according to Eli Clare.) Pathologizing us is violence.— Andro Del (@EponymousDj) November 28, 2022

60% of responses contained dehumanizing, objectifying and stigmatizing attitudes towards autistic people - often portraying autistic people as lacking in complex emotions, agency, uniquely human-traits, community, identity, culture, or warmth. It was stomach churning to read 9/— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

snapshot of results: while controlling for career length, and other contact with autistic people (familial & non-familial), medicalized approachs to autism predicts a significantly higher odds of ableism, while involving autistic people more in research predicts lower odds 11/— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

Researchers distanced themselves from less palatable sounding research goals by removing the autism from the individual. By talking about abstract autism, it seemed researchers could paint the goals as not affecting humans, and as more reasonable 18/— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

✨NEW PAPER ALERT✨“Autism research is in crisis”: A mixed method study of researcher’s constructions of autistic people and autism research - by me and Eiliidh CageBuckle up for a long(ish) thread about how autistic people disrupt research agendas! 1/https://t.co/GhSpRJxEuL— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

✨NEW PAPER ALERT✨“Autism research is in crisis”: A mixed method study of researcher’s constructions of autistic people and autism research - by me and Eiliidh CageBuckle up for a long(ish) thread about how autistic people disrupt research agendas! 1/https://t.co/GhSpRJxEuL— Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (@DrMBotha) November 28, 2022

I have some concerns about Post that are only getting deeper.— Aram Zucker-Scharff | @Chronotope@indieweb.social (@Chronotope) November 25, 2022

If you’re going from Nondisabled to disabled please know that a majority of what you know about disability is a lie meant to serve your nondisabled self. It will not serve you now.— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) November 25, 2022